The IOC (International Olympic Committee) decided this past Tuesday to give Germany’s Munich and South Korea’s Pyeongchang the edge over France’s Annecy in the 2018 Winter Olympics race to host the Olympics.
All three were confirmed as candidates by the IOC executive board as contenders for the Olympics, but Annecy was asked to present a review of reports for sports venues in order to start the next stage of bids.
The IOC told reporters that the expert group decided there were no further questions for Munich or Pyeongchang, but Annecy was retained because a clearer picture of its sports sites needs to be looked at.
An IOC report stated that there are many challenges and a high degree of risk in the Annecy project which is why they will need to show their potential as a host of the 2008 Olympic Games.
January 11th, 2011 is the last date to submit their final bids for their projects in front of an on-site visit and evaluation by the IOC commission which will meet back to report on June 6th. A month after that the host will be chosen by all 115 IOC members.
The small French Alpine town has the smallest budget out of all cities making an attempt at the Olympic destination for the winter Olympics with a budget of only 21m dollars. In order to do so Annecy has linked together a range of winter sports facilities that is found across the region.
Pyeongchang is making its third bid for the Olympics even after losing its third attempt to host the Winter Olympics after losing to Sochi in Russia in 2014 and Vancouver in 2010.
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